Clothes-line holder.



G. RALEXANDER. CLOTHES LINE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1913.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Inventor:

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GEORGE E. ALEXANDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ,ASSIGNOIEQ BY MESNE .ASSIC-l'NlllEhVllS,

' TO A. LOWELL MFG. CO. INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 752,825.

To all whom t mag/concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE E. ALEXANDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in, Clothes Line Holders, of which' the' following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable and effective clothesline holder which will not get out -of order, and whichis especially adapted. for indoor use. The desirable features of such a holder are that a considerable length of clothes line can be employed; that this line can be rolled up inside the holder` when not in use, vso as to be kept from dust, steam, and greasy vapors; that it shall unwind casily,.a'nd can be wound easily; that there shall be no arts which are liable to breakor et out o order through carelessness or roug handling and that the supporting fixtures when the line is in use,

should'be suiiiciently strong to support the weighted lines'. All of these advantages are comprised in my improved clothes line holder, one form of which is shown in the accompanying drawing in which :f

Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a central crosection. Fig. 4 is a detail of the reel spindle. l

Same letters indicate similarparts in the diiierent figures.

- A, is the box casing or`shell preferably of metal and of cylin rical -form, lprovided with supporting ears a, a, by means of which it is secured to the woodwork of the wall, orV any other fixed support as desired. The bod of this casing y1s provided at the frontv wit a slot b, through whichtheclothes line asses, in winding and unwinding from the x. The ends of this box are removable; the end, c, `may be regarded as the head, and the end d as the4 bottom of the box. These ends preferably lap over the body of the box, and are held in itonby the spindle B, hereafterv describe being provided with certral apertures e, f, for that purpose.

is' a clothes line which, in boxes of usual commercialA and convenient size, will be about thirty-six feet long, but of course the length of clothes line used, will depend upon theV size of the reel box, in which it is to be found and kept. 1-

One important feature of this device is the reels indle B, whichis preferably made of a sing e piece of metal, cast or otherwise,

'and which comprises a somewhatv slender shank g, with an eyelet opening h, through which the inner end of the clothes line is passed, and tied, an enlarged bearing z',

which engages the aperture in the headl of `the box, a handle j, on the outside of the head, and carrying iffdesired, a loosely pivoted knob k, by which it-is grasped and turned. The splndle at theother end has a bearing l, and emerges through the bottom ofthe box, where it is secured by a'cotter pin m, orother convenient fastening means with a washer -to serve as a bearing and .draw-plate for the bottom of thevbox. A

ring n, or other ,convenient grasping means is secured on the outer end of the clothes line large enough to prevent its being drawn through the slot into the box. Y

'In practical use, the whole or as much of the clothes line as may be desired to use, isY

drawn out by the aid of the ring and passed -over hooks, brackets, pins or otherattaching means 'at various places of the laundry or other'room in whlch the clothes are to be hung.

' An improved clothes-line package consistin ofa box 0I' suitable shape with removabIe ends each having a central aperture, and supporting ears whereby said box may be attached to a `fixed support,- a length ofi clothes-line coiled in said box, and a winding spindle located therein, Y'provided with Y enlarged bearings to enter said apertures and hold the' parts of the s aid box together.

GEORGE'E.

Witnesses:

LILLIAN E. LINDQUrs'r, 

